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In reply to the discussion: Never forget [View all]AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)26. The phrase doesn't mean "all."
Thank you.
I wondered when someone was gong to point that out.
"In general" simply does not mean "all". In fact it acknowledges that there are some, not a majority tho', that do not fit into the set.
You could even say: "In general, most people marry a member of the opposite sex"... which is also true but doesn't imply that "all" people marry members of the opposite sex.
Why can't people understand English around here?
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Not a fair accusation. You could certainly say the majority of religious organizations
Maedhros
Jul 2015
#1
It appears you are as blind to some people as you believe they are blind to you.
Maedhros
Jul 2015
#5
Might as well, since they have less than 1 million members and shrinking.
AtheistCrusader
Jul 2015
#20
I said pathetically tiny percentage, not simply 'pathetic'. That's your ad hom, not mine
AtheistCrusader
Jul 2015
#50
There are a number of sects - Unitarians, for example - that have no problem with gay marriage.
Maedhros
Jul 2015
#4
Unitarians are a pathetically tiny percentage of the religious population.
AtheistCrusader
Jul 2015
#8
I'm sure you can provide a link to some Hindu text that forbids homosexuality.
Maedhros
Jul 2015
#43
Yes - and any Catholics on this discussion board are almost certainly the caring type,
Maedhros
Jul 2015
#66
In the U.S., the contrxtual battleground of legalizing same sex marriage in the last 20 days, no
AtheistCrusader
Jul 2015
#35
Oh boy, and combined they round out to a whole 1% of the U.S. Population.
AtheistCrusader
Jul 2015
#21
Right. Hindus care so little that homosexual acts are illegal in India.
Act_of_Reparation
Jul 2015
#34
But he specifically said "all" in a follow-up post, so I can assume that's what he meant.
Maedhros
Jul 2015
#28
For political purposes, in the U.S., it is monolithic. Hats how you get Prop 8 in Cali.
AtheistCrusader
Jul 2015
#37
"the opposition to gay marriage - it's founded in ignorance and bigotry." - and religion.
Warren Stupidity
Jul 2015
#74